Dick Cheney’s Pro-Torture Claims Debunked by CIA Inspector Gen.

"The CIA inspector general’s report — which former VP Dick Cheney himself urged be released — not only did not back up Cheney’s claims about the effectiveness of enhanced interrogation, it seemed to...

Canada’s Moral Dilemma: Torture by CSIS – a crisis in democracy

It’s just like “The Stasi” treated dissidents, except this human rights abuse is happening in Canada today. Some call it no-touch torture. The Stasi called it Zerzetsen. In an article about the torture of a Canadian citizen at the behest of CSIS in the Sudan, The...

Now They've Weaponized Digital TV -- Or So It Seems

•  Ear-splitting frequencies inserted into audio channels of unjustly targeted U.S. journalist's HDTV set•  Domestic torture variation of "sonic scream" psy ops (psychological operations) U.S. Army weapon used in Iraq?GET POLITICAL w/ VIC LIVINGSTON Tonight the...

Enhanced Interrogation Techniques - A Rose By Any Other Name

Guantanamo Prison Camp is in the news again today with talk revolving aroung "enhanced interrogation techniques".  Enhanced interrogation techniques are a bafflgab to deflect the harsh reality of...

Channel 4 released video evidence on Sri Lanka's war crimes

Channel 4 released a video footage showing Sri Lanka army torturing Tamils during the war in January. It was almost three months since Sri Lanka declared its victory over Tamil tigers and the evidences of war...

White Males are US Majority, Says CIA-Trainee Blogger Conference

Today, I received a Facebook message from a member of Young Democrats of America, reporting on her participation, and the "information" she received, at NetRoots Nation, an onstensibly "progressive," "liberal,"...

Gang Stalking and Covert Torture — The Current State of Affairs

"They make sharp attacks on the soul of the righteous one And pronounce wicked even the blood of the innocent one. But Jehovah will become a secure height for me, And my God the rock of my refuge. . ." —Psalm 94:21-23 I have endured a continuous barrage of physical and...

Call To Charge Torturers

Fantastic video from ACLU,    please  sign the petition if you can

Canadians in Battle of Hong Kong honoured

Canadians finally showed gratitude to a small forgotten group of 2000 soldiers, 68 years later.  Hong Kong was under British rule in 1941 and when the Japanese invaded , 2000 Canadians battled them against all...

Canadian Officials Knew US Abused Teen Prisoner at Gitmo

"A federal appeals court in Canada ruled Friday that because officials knew about the abuse of a young Canadian detained at Guantanamo Bay, they must ask the United States to repatriate him.In the ruling, Canadian...

Indian police accused of abuses

Politicians or systems ineffectiveness is no justification for Police brutality.Indian police is lazy, useless and brutal. They perform lathi charge on women, teachers, doctors, common man, absolutely anyone....

Son of leading scientist dies in jail.

"Supporters of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi run in the streets during protests in Tehran, Iran, June 16, 2009. Photograph: Getty Images/Getty Images Fears are mounting over the...

Human rights group deplores torture of Baluch students

An international organization working as a watch-dog on human rights violations in Asia has taken a serious note of torture of students in the restive Baluchistan province, where an insurgency which the Baluch...

Punish ragging like rape, says MCI; Govt unsure

When did ragging changed from fun to cruelty? We were ragged by our seniors and we have ragged our juniors. It was fun and we came to know each other through ragging. Even faculties support this kind of ragging to a certain point. But some recent news about ragging in...

Human Rights Watch: Iran Stop ‘Framing’ Government Critics

Human Rights Watch called on the Iranian government to stop framing government critics.  They allege that the people in power in Iran are using torture and coercive tactics to wring false confessions out of those arrested.  They go on to say that the authorities are...

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